Pentagon Plans To ‘annihilate’ IS Fighters
President Donald Trump has instructed the Pentagon to "annihilate" the Islamic State group in Syria in a bid to prevent ...
Tag: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
As Trump Sets Out, US and Saudi Arabia Blacklist ‘terrorist’
As US President Donald Trump prepared to head to Saudi Arabia on Friday, Washington and Riyadh issued their first "joint ...
On Mosul’s Front Line, Iraqi Refuses To Quit Beloved Home
Standing at the gate of his house in Iraq's war-torn city of Mosul, Muwaffaq al-Obeidi watches as waves of displaced ...
Syria Army Retakes Villages After Deadly IS Attack
The Syrian army has regained full control of two central villages from the Islamic State group after an attack that ...
IS Kills More Than 50 In Central Syria Attack
The Islamic State group killed more than 50 people in an attack on two government-held villages in central Syria's Hama ...
UN Says Struggling To Cope With Mosul Exodus
The exodus of civilians from the battleground city of Mosul has reached an unprecedented level, leaving aid agencies struggling to ...
On Mosul Front, Iraqi Forces Come As Civilians Go
The black Humvee slaloming between car bomb carcasses and mortar craters stops to let fleeing civilians cross and then resumes ...
US Presses Idea of NATO Taking Over Training of Iraq Troops
The top US military commander floated the idea late Wednesday of NATO assuming some responsibility for training troops in Iraq ...
US-Led Coalition Denies East Syria Strike That Killed Civilians
The US-led coalition against the Islamic State group said Wednesday it did not conduct strikes in the eastern Syrian town ...
Rescued ‘human Shields’ Tell of Mosul Horror
Fear and hunger are driving an ever-growing number of Iraqi civilians into a camp in Hammam al-Alil, where they share ...
US-Led Strike On IS-Held Syria Town Kills 23 Civilians
Islamic State jihadists established a caliphate in 2014 after seizing a large swathe of territory in Iraq and Syria, but ...
Hunger and Fear In Syria’s Tabqa After IS Defeat
When Dalal Ahmad heard that the fighters who expelled the Islamic State group from the Syrian town of Tabqa were ...
As Summer Heat Looms, Post-IS Mosul Faces Water Crisis
In the battle against jihadists in northern Iraq, the village of Sayramun was recaptured in February but remains as isolated ...
Egypt Cleric Suspended, Faces Trial For Non-Muslim Remarks
An Egyptian Muslim cleric has been barred from preaching and is set to appear before a court for saying Christians ...
Jihadists Snaring Starving Civilians In Mosul Death Trap
Jihadists preparing for a desperate last stand in Mosul are booby-trapping homes with civilians inside and welding doors shut on ...
Yemen War Threatens Millennia-Old Mummies
Yemen's war has claimed thousands of lives and pushed millions to the brink of famine. Now the conflict threatens to ...
US Offers $10 Mn Reward For Ex-Qaeda Affiliate Chief
The United States is offering a $10 million reward for information to identify or locate the head of Al-Qaeda's former ...
US Warns of Kidnapping Threat On Philippine Tourist Island
Terrorists are planning to kidnap foreigners on a Philippine island popular with tourists, the US embassy has warned, a month ...
Anti-IS Coalition Meets In Denmark To Assess Campaign
Key members of the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria meet in Copenhagen on Tuesday ...
US Confirms Death of ISIL Leader In Afghanistan
The head of ISIL in Afghanistan was killed in an operation led by Afghan Special Forces in the eastern province ...